Redeemer – the continuing saga of Deceiver – is Misty’s story of hope and survival under impossible conditions. Set in early North America, evil fell from the stars and exploded against the mountain. Enticed by the vindictive, three-legged deceiver, conquerors from across the globe come to this unspoiled country blazing destruction in their wake as they hunt for the fountain of youth. Can sixteen-year-old Mariah, raised by giant eagles, put hope back into time to save Misty and heal mankind? Can Igneous, the ancient caretaker of the mountain, lock the deceiver and her minion, Razor, back into the abyss? Can Erickson, a greedy, murderous, and mentally-tortured sea captain be reformed? Whether you fly on the backs of eagles, battle possessed men and animals of the forest, unlock the power of the stone, or fall in love, you can be assured you’re in for a fast-paced, emotional ride.

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Guy Brooke grew up fascinated with the lyrical words of songs. How could he, too, manipulate such emotions? After years of writing 100 plus songs, producing two self-published music albums, crafting and directing three original musical plays, and conducting five guitar concerts through San Juan College in Farmington, New Mexico, it proved to be easy for him to cross over into colorful rhyming stories for children and young adult fantasy novels. Guy loves life, loves the young, and loves to write. Residing in Naches, Washington with his wife, Barbara, Guy wishes to continue manipulating words for the young readers until carpal tunnel takes its toll : )) www.GuyBrooke.com

This sequel to "Deceiver" carries us on a new path with Erickson the now vagrant ex-pirate. The living stone he tried to steal took his sanity and left him with nothing but booze to ease the maddening reality of his own evil. From the town of Pandemonium he becomes caught up unwillingly in the schemes of Razor, a truly evil man and servant of the Minstrel. Awake and fully manifested, the Minstrel now aims to attack the living mountain, Misty, and kill Hope. Razor plays an important role in her attack. On a trail of death and brutality, Erickson follows Razor toward Elysium and up the forbidden face of Misty. Can Mariah save Hope from the Minstrel, Razor, and all the forces the Minstrel has amassed? Will the natives nearby survive the battle? Will Erickson succumb to the evil inside him or rise above and embrace redemption?I loved how this new approach embraced the character of Erickson. His terrible crimes and fantastic defeat in Deceiver fit the ending of the typical villain, but this book followed him after in a compassionate and truthful look at the vanquished monster. Without excusing any of his evils, Guy showed us Erickson’s broken, twisted heart and the wreck he became once his transgressions led him to utter defeat. I didn't know what would happen or where Erickson's journey could lead. The path he took and the changes it made in him captivated my interest and my sympathy.The previous main characters had only a supporting role, more toward the end of the story this time, but their journey was no less fantastic. Guy surprised me more with how the story would unfold and what the characters would have to face. I began to see the allegory of it more toward the end and understand a bit of what the story represented.Occasionally, I felt, the plot did wander a bit and lose focus, though not for too long. The light bouncing between characters contributed to my difficulty anticipating where the story meant to go. The ending meandered a bit more than I like, but offered a lot of wrap-up for all the characters.Redeemer takes an imaginative and allegorical path through a fantastic world of talking beasts, black-hearted villains, destruction, and redemption. I felt both reluctant and satisfied at the end of this fantastic story of the Mountain of Misty.

I received this book free of charge from the author in return for an honest review.

You are cordially invited to see what happens when eight men decide to take on a sentient mountain.

Redeemer, the second book in the Mystical Mountain Magic series, begins with the former Captain Erikson, alone and miserable, trying to forget what he's done, trying to drink it away or sleep it away. And when he's recruited to go searching for the very thing that's driven him to the brink of insanity, Erikson has no choice to say no.

This book, for the first third or half, does not seem at all like the book we just left. Indeed, Deceiver seems a deceptive name at first, and it's hard to believe for the first fifty percent of Redeemer that we're likely to see anything like redemption. Erikson and Razor find their path littered with blood and bodies and misery. And what they'll find when they reach Misty is in some ways even more terrifying.

But though we're inundated with darkness and horror and blood, the rays of light we saw in Deceiver eventually shine through, and the promise of a better tomorrow is carefully, carefully held up for us to see, and hope it isn't shattered into a million pieces by a stiff gust of wind.The powerful, simple and colorful prose we saw in Deceiver is in full effect in Redeemer, with all the characters' voices still plainly well-worded and carefully thought out. All the favorites are still there, but readers need to wallow through that darkness at the beginning in order to reach them.The setting hasn't changed, and the world remains structured carefully: that same pre-industrialization or Colonialization period, where the huge island is sort of the new world. It's expertly expanded through choice description.

There is one nit to pick with the book, and it's difficult to say whether or not it deserves to pull a whole star off the rating for the fault. There is one character who speaks in song lyrics. Sometimes couplets, sometimes quatrains, this character always ends off with rhyme. Almost always anyhow. Except, the effect doesn't exactly live up to the hopes. Rhythmic speech is almost always nonexistent for this character, and the rhymes are often forced. Add to this the fact that this character occupies a spot of major significance in the book, and there is a seriously long section in the middle where this character speaks at considerable length, and it is honestly quite distracting. Understandably, the English language is difficult to rhyme in the first place, but for this to occupy such an important role in the book's outcome makes it difficult.

Ultimately the book does live up to its name, and we get to see quite a bit of atypical fantasy magic thrown around, which I won't spoil, that I do want to award Redeemer its fifth star.

Another excellent book in the Mystical Mountain series. I really enjoyed how the story focused on Erickson and his journey from being at his lowest low by getting defeated by the power of the Livingstone. From experiencing the malice of how he used to treat his former companion Toby, by practically being forced along a journey back to Misty by Razor and his ten marionette ‘horns’ as to obtain a living stone and the promise it holds for eternal youth and power. Then watching Erickson slowly soften and love again through a sad mule, Suffer, that he mistreated at first then by the end of the journey he would have risked his own life for.In this book we not only get to see Igneous' softer side, but also see how he confronts Leira when he finds her in his secret tunnels torturing the already dying Hope.I was excited as Mariah and Pony fell in love then heartbroken for Pony as he witnessed his first and only love destroyed and the resurrected again.It was an adventure to learn several of the character's true and new identities were revealed. No matter how small in size or how dark your past has been, there's no stopping someone from saving the world or to be completely forgiven by even those you hurt the most.The characters all had believable and distinct personalities in a well written world that pulled me through to the end. I can't wait to see how everything gets wrapped up in the 3rd book, Believer!!